skim
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the…To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
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» Tom doesn't like skimmed milk.
Том не любить обезжирене молоко. — deniko
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57 sentencesTom doesn't like skimmed milk.
Том не любить обезжирене молоко. — deniko
I didn't have much time so I just skimmed through the article.
ruВремени у меня было немного, поэтому я просто пробежал статью глазами. — marafon
Tom skimmed the report.
deTom überflog den Bericht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
13 senses(intransitive)To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
(intransitive)To ricochet.
abprallen
рикошети́роватьrikošetírovatʹ, бить рикоше́томbitʹ rikošétom
(transitive)To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
(through)
I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.
überfliegen, querlesen
бе́гло прочи́тыватьbéglo pročítyvatʹ, проли́стыватьprolístyvatʹ, листа́тьlistátʹ
More meanings 10
(transitive)To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
to skim cream
снима́тьsnimátʹ
(transitive)To throw an object so it bounces on water.
skimming stones
springen lassen, hüpfen lassen, flitschen
пуска́ть бли́нчикиpuskátʹ blínčiki
(transitive)To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
abschöpfen, abstreichen
remove from the surface
(transitive)To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
to skim milk
to skim broth
(transitive)To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
To hasten along with superficial attention.
To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
Origin
From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to removFrom Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.
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Forms
skims, skimming, skimmed, skimmedTenses
skim · skimmed · will skim · have skimmedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.